VIDEO: Salt Harvesters of Ghana

Salt Harvesters of Ghana

Completed:  December 2007

 

Running time:  19 minutes

 

Format:  Shot on DV; Distribution DVD, Beta SP, DVCam

 

Synopsis:

Stunning images of women working on a moon-like landscape frame the unrelenting cycle of work of the women of Ada who harvest salt with their bare hands.  The natural forming salt lagoon in has provided income for the local women for over three hundred years.  A sound track by Patty Stotter, traditional work songs and a song written by Ghanaian musicians, join with the vivid imagery by Marcia Rock.  The result is a glimpse into the heart of the women’s daily lives revealing their dignity and determination.

 

Film Festivals:
New York Women in Television and Film Shorts Festival - March 1, 2008

Newburyport International Film Festival - September 2008

 

Awards:

Best Documentary Short Award, Newburyport Documentary Film Festival - 2008

 

For more information or to purchase a DVD contact:

Marcia Rock (212) 998 7985

marcia.rock@nyu.edu

 

Production Credits

 

Produced, Directed

Camera and Editing

MARCIA ROCK

 

Original Music Score

PATRICIA LEE STOTTER*

 

Music Performed by

PATRICIA LEE STOTTER

SETH WALDSTEIN

TIM LEITCH

 

Narrator

PATRICIA LEE STOTTER

 

Sound Mix

JOE DEIHL, C.A.S.

 

Funding

New York University

Office of the Vice Provost

for Globalization and

Multicultural Affairs